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US 2012/0057147 A1Published application
Apparatus for determining thickness of a banknote
AssigneeAccolade Electronics Company Limited
InventorDonald Pakman LIU
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Abstract
An apparatus (100) for determining thickness of a banknote (1), comprising: a light generator (8) to emit a light beam (12); and a sensor array (10) to detect at least a portion of the emitted light beam (12); wherein the thickness of the banknote (1) is determined by detection of a change from a predetermined position of the emitted light beam (12) by the sensor array (10).
Claims10
An apparatus for determining thickness of a banknote, comprising:
- a light generator to emit a light beam;
- and
- a sensor array to detect at least a portion of the emitted light beam;
- wherein the thickness of the banknote is determined by detection of a change from a predetermined position of the emitted light beam by the sensor array.
1 more element
A method for determining thickness of a banknote, the method comprising:
- emitting at least a portion of a light beam onto a sensor array;
- determining the thickness of the banknote by detection of a change from a predetermined position of the emitted light beam by the sensor array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.